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JOSEPH P. MANTON, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

APPARATUS FOR SINGEING CLOTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N 0. 569,109, dated October6, 1896. Application filed January 29, 1895. Serial No. 536,585. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern:

.Be it known that I, JOSEPH P. MANTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Singeing Cloth, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The nat-ure of my invention consists in the employment,with means fordrawingthe cloth forward, of a revolving metallic tube having electricconnections made therewith, whereby the tube itself becomes a portion ofthe electric circuit and is heated by the passage of the electriccurrent therethrough.

It also consists in the combination, with the apparatus, of an insulatedmetallic rod to prevent the bending of the heated singeing-tube, whichforms a portion of the electric circuit.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a longitudinal sectionof a clothsingeing apparatus embodying my invention. Fig. 2 representsan enlarged detail top view of the revolving electrically-connectedtube.

Fig. 3 represents a detail side elevation of the same. Fig. 4 representsan enlarged section taken in the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 representsan enlarged detail longitudinal section of the coupling-joint forinsulating the electrically-connected singeing-tube. Fig. 6 represents aview of the under side of the attaching device for the electric brushes.Fig. 7 represents an enlarged longitudinal section, as in Fig. 5,showing a modification.

In the drawings, A, Fig. l, represents one of the end frames which serveto support-the bearings of the revolving tube B, which is driven bymeans of the pulley'W, the journals H H of the said bar being heldtorevolve in the bearing-boxes C C of the opposite end frames A A, asshown in Figs. 2 and 3, the cloth F, as represented in Fig. I, beingdrawn forward by passing between the driven rollers D D to a suitableplace of deposit E,- the said cloth in its passage to the revolvingelectric singeing-tube B passing over the revolving steam-heated coppercylinders G G G for drying the cloth preparatory to singeing, and thenceunder the said singeing-tube B, or the cloth may be otherwise arrangedfor passingforward to the singeing contact with the said tube.

The tube B is provided with the solid metallic journals H II, which arefurnished with* the ianges a a, and are insulated from the tube B bymeans of the interposed sheets of mica I I or other suitablenon-conductor of heat and electricity.

The tube B is preferably made of nickel or other metal and filled withany suitable nonconductor of heat and electricity, as, for instance, acompact filling' of pulverized mica or asbestos, or a compact filling ofanhydrate of aluminium o'r other suitable substance Y, and upon theouter ends of the tube B are placed the sleeves K K', which arepreferably made of bronze or other metallic composition, the said sleeveK being adapted to receive the electric current from thedeliveringbrushes L L at one end of the bar B and the sleeve K totransmit the same to the receiving-brushes L' L' at the other end of thesaid tube, the said sleeves being shrunk firmly upon the tube B, orotherwise secured to the same, to form a proper electric connectiontherewith. The sleeves K K are provided with the flanges b b, which aresecured to the flanges a CL of the journals I-I H by means of the boltsc c, the said bolts being insulated from the said ianges by means of thesleeves d, made of suitable non-conducting material.

Upon the studs M M', which project inwardly from the frames, are pivotedthe holders N for the brushes, the said holders havingadownwardly-projecting hub O, to which electric connection is made fromthe operating electric dynamo by means of a suitable electric wire orcable P. To the ends of each of the studs M M is secured a fixed arm Q,projecting forward, as shown in Figs. 4 and and between the outer endsof the arm Q and the projecting arm R of the holder N is placed thespiral spring S, upon the lower end of which is placed the nut T, bymeans of which ayielding tension may be produced between the xed arms Qand the said holder to cause the required pressure of the brushes uponthe connecting-sleeves K K'of the electric singeing-bar. Thesteam-heated dryingcylinders G G G may be connectedly rotated by meansof the pulley U and the gears V VV. (Shown by dotted lines in Fig. li)

A modification of my invention is shown in Fig. 7, in which thesingeing-tube B is supported and strengthened by means of a cen- IOOtrally-arranged steel rod lV', preferably made of square cross-section,and connected With the journals II II by suitable means, the said rodconstituting the metallic strengtheningcore of the tube B, the spacebetween the said metallic core W and the tube over which the cloth isdrawn being filled With the non-conducting composition Y.

The rotation of the tube B serves to bring the cloth in contact with itsWhole surface and to prevent the tube from sagging when subjected toheat.

I claim as my inventionl. In an apparatus for singeing cloth, thecombination with means for drawing the cloth forward, of thesingeing-tube forming a portion of the electric circuit by means ofwhich it is heated, the connected sleeves, the nonconducting core, meansfor revolving the singeing-tube, the electric brushes in contact withthe sleeves of the singeing-tube, and electric connection with thebrushes, substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus for singeing cloth, the combination with means fordrawing the cloth forward, of the singeing-tube forming a portion of theelectric circuit by means of which it is heated, the insulated metallicrod for supporting the heated tube, the non-conducting core between therod and the inner` surface of the tube, means for revolving thesingeing-tube, the electric brushes in contact with the sleeves of thesin geing-tube, and electric connection with the brushes, substantiallyas described. y

JOSEPH I. MANTON.

Witnesses:

SOCRATES SCHOLFIELD, HENRY E. REYNOLDS.

